Obergoms
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Obergoms is the upper part of the Goms and a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 when the three municipalities Ulrichen, Obergesteln and Oberwald merged.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Obergoms
- Swiss town.image_photo
- OberwaldVS5.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Obergoms COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Obergoms Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Goms
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3999
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6076
- Swiss town.area
- 155.80
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1377
- Swiss town.population
- 705
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2007
- Swiss town.mayor
- Christian Imsand
- Swiss town.places
- Oberwald, Ulrichen, Obergesteln, Gletsch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Obergoms
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Goms District
- Official language
- Swiss High German
- Population
- 664
- Area
- 155.89
- Elevation
- 1377
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Shares border with
- Bedretto
- Official website
- gemeinde.obergoms.ch
- Image
- Gletsch 17072005.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- Commons category
- Obergoms
- postal code
- 3999
- replaces
- Obergesteln
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6076
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Obergesteln demographics
- Oberwald demographics
- Ulrichen demographics
- Historic Population
- Sights
- Politics
- Economy
- Obergesteln economy
- Oberwald economy
- Ulrichen economy
- Transport
- Education
- Religion
- Climate
- References
- External links
Obergoms is the upper part of the Goms and a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 when the three municipalities Ulrichen, Obergesteln and Oberwald merged.
==History== Obergesteln is first mentioned in 1322 as castellione. In 1415 it was mentioned as obergestillen. Oberwald is first mentioned in 1386 as Superiore Valde. In 1419 it was mentioned as Oberwaldt. Ulrichen is first mentioned in 1235 as Vlrighingen. In 1240 it was mentioned as holriquinguen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obergoms” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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